Lilly Ledbetter Quotes

#1. The Supreme Court told me that I should have filed a complaint within six months of the company's first decision to pay me less even though I didn't know about it for nearly two decades.

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#2. Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.

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#3. We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.

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#4. I'll be happy if the last thing they say about me after I die is that I made a difference.

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#5. There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard.

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#6. Twenty-three cents may not sound like a lot to someone with a Swiss bank account.

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#7. In the end, I didn't get a dime of the money I was shortchanged.

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